Fence



(No Model.)

T. R. GREENE.-

FENCE.

NrrED STATES EEroE.

THOMAS R. GREENE, OF MILBURN, KENTUCKY.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,901, dated May 10,1898. Application filed January 24;, 1898. Serial No- 667,682. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS R. GREENE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milburn, in the county of Carlisle, State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences, of which thefollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to improvements in fences, my objects being, first,to provide a structure in which it is unnecessary to employ posts sunkeninto the ground; secondly, to provide a structure in which the fence isfirmly braced by very simple means; thirdly, to provide a structure ofwire fence or the like in which the wire or similar material is readilystretched or tightened, and, fourthly,

to improve generally upon devices of the character indicated.

To these ends the invention consists in the various matters hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shortfence constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is atop plan view; and Fig. 3 is a transverse elevation on the line 3 3,Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A represents what maybe termed line-supports, of the usual construction 2'. 6., eachline-support being composed of wires a, bent inwardly and outwardly toform the loops or openings a for supporting the pickets O and themaster-pickets E. These master-pickets do not enter the ground, but areheld in appropriate loops a.

The end master-pickets have a guy wire or rope e suitably securedthereto in about the vertical center of said pickets, the guy-cablesbeing here shown as passing through openings e in the pickets. Suitableanchors E are provided in substantially the longitudinal line of thefence, and to these are attached the free ends of the cables. It willnow be apparent that by turning the end master-pickets in the openingsat as journals the guy-cables are wound upon said pickets andthefenceconsequentlystretched. WVhen the fence has been drawn as taut as may bedesired, the master-pickets are secured against rotation in the reversedirection, and, as here shown, this is accomplished by drivin g staplese into the master-pickets over the line-wires, the said staples restingagainst the line-wires on their sidesopposite the: di rection of thestrain upon the pickets by the cables. Should the fence become slack, itis only necessary to withdraw the staples, turn the end master-pickets(or one of them) sufficieutly, and then reinsert the staples.

For laterally bracing the fence the same general structure isprovided-that is to say, the intermediate master-pickets have openings 6through them, and through these openings are threaded cables 6 the endsof said guy-cables being secured to suitable anchors E at the sides ofthe fence. Turning of the master-pickets serves to wind and tighten theguy-cables, and when thus tightened the master-pickets are securedagainst rotation in reverse direction by staples a applied as are thestaples e hereinbefore described.

There is thus provided a fence which employs in its construction noposts resting in the ground, and said fence can therefore be set up withbut little time and trouble. Furthermore, the stretching and bracingparts are few and simple, but their operation is most eflicient.

It will at once be understood that if desired the present bracingmaster-pickets can be employed in fences other than that illustrated,while the present stretching masterpickets canbe employed in a fence inwhich one end is secured to apostset in the ground. Furthermore, theserotatable master-pickets could enter sockets or holes in the ground.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fence or the like, a line-support, a master-picket rotatableupon said support, a guy-cable secured to said master-picket, and aprojection upon said master-picket directly engaging the line-supportfor holding the master-picket against rotation; substantially asdescribed. i

2. In a fence or the like, a line-support having an opening therein, amaster-picket rotatable in said opening, a guy-cable wound upon saidmaster-picket, and a staple in said picket and over the line-support forholding I master-picket against rotation by the guy- 10 themaster-picket against rotation by the guycable; substantially asdescribed. cable; substantially as described. In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature 3. In a fence or the like, a line-support in presenceof two witnesses. comprising two strands having an opening 1 betweenthem, a master-picket rotatable in THOMAS GREENE said opening, aguy-cable wound upon said Witnesses: master-picket, and a staple in saidpicket and A. T. HOBBS, over one of the line-strands for holding theHARRY GREENE.

